Wednesday, 23 October 2019

No 12762, Wednesday 23 Oct 2019, Gridman


ACROSS
1   Involvement in street disturbance (8) INTEREST*
5   Congratulation for medical department's licence (6) PATENT {PAT}{ENT}
9   End-user to study problem with hesitation (8) CONSUMER {CON}{SUM}{ER}
10 Strict to get a set of bones (6) STERNA {STERN}{A}
12 General feeling is low and beginning to drop (4) MOOD {MOO}{Drop}
13 Stage play, for one, in favour of fracas without the revolution leader (10) PRODUCTION {PRO}D{rUCTION} - See comments for D
15 Stop condition limited for exchange (6) BANTER {BAN}{TERm}
17 Member newspaper (5) ORGAN [DD]
20 The day the journalist was burned out (5) FRIED {FRI}{ED}
21 Dimmer German wanted fifty per cent cut in amalgamation (6) MERGER [T] (Addendum - {dimMER}{GERman} - See comments)
24 Indistinctly hears son in business activity (5,5) SHARE ISSUE {HEARS*}{ISSUE}
27 Cooking medium man found in limits of Gingee (4) GHEE {Gin{HE}geE}
29 Monastery resident twice dead (6) OBLATE {OB}{LATE}
30 Storing large signboard (8) HOARDING [DD]
31 Specialist no longer smart-alecky (6) EXPERT {EX}{PERT}
32 Made an impression on the European rush (8) STAMPEDE {STAMPED}{E}

DOWN
1   Without which there can't be outgo (6) INCOME [CD]
2   Shoddy couple of containers (6) TINPOT {TIN}{POT}
3   Endless way to defeat (4) ROUT ROUTe
4   Very thin cut, say (5) SHEER (~shear)
6   Greek storeroom? (5) ATTIC [DD]
7   Erudition left out; dollars obtained finally; that's wages (8) EARNINGS {lEARNING}{S}
8   Guiding to exercise? (8) TRAINING [DD]
11 Devotee roared deliriously (6) ADORER*
14 Trinket retrieved from Hindu agraharam (4) GAUD [T<=]
16 Most docile Tamil leader's steam dissipates (6) TAMEST {Ta..l}{STEAM*}
17 Frank's work went to no end (4) OPEN {OP}{wENt}
18 From where horse may emerge? (8) OFFSHORE [HORSE}* [RA] Definition?
19 Phileas Fogg? He's gone out to figure out computing speed unit (8) GIGAFLOP {PhILeAs+FOGG}*
22 Fare well with the river flowing endlessly (6) THRIVE {THe}{RIVEr}
23 Gear shift to grasp, for example, Caribbean music (6) REGGAE {R{EG}GAE*}

25 Is French hesitation over perfumery ingredient? (5) ESTER {EST}{ER}
26 About to capsize vessel (1-4) U-BOAT*
28 Time edge's put in shape (4) TRIM {T}{RIM}

Reference List
Study = CON, Low = MOO, Journalist = ED, European = E, Dollars = S, 'Is' French = EST, Time = T


37 comments:

  1. 25A- is the position of 'over' in the clue correct? It is actually 'The French is over hesitation',isn't it?

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. agree. the clue can be solved without "over" (actually ignoring over is the only way!), and also does not change the surface meaning. including it misdirects.

      https://www.crosswordunclued.com/2009/07/connectors.html

      Delete
  2. 6D- Attic seems to be a CD. Attica is a Greek word for store.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. attic: relating to atticus (greek dialect)

      Delete
    2. Attic also means resident of Athens and hence a Greek.
      So, it's a DD

      Delete
  3. 13a In favor of is Pro or PROD!

    ReplyDelete
  4. 21a isnt clue type: letter pick or deletion!

    ReplyDelete
  5. 7d if dollars is S: isnt "obtained finally" (that's already acting as connector) superFluous!

    ReplyDelete
  6. Replies
    1. Banter is exchange of words chat.Both seem to be correct.

      Delete
    2. Two legitimate answers, without disturbing the clue or grid.

      Delete
    3. Such clues in competitions allow points for both, remember IXL round "in the cards"?

      Delete
  7. 26D UBOAT nice clue for me -partial to Navy!
    Needs explanation for ISSUE in 24A, please.

    ReplyDelete
  8. Simple and elegant clues.
    My dad used to refer to the loft as attam to stow away unused and unwanted items.this place used to be a treasure trove for archival items.s ,& a hideout for rats and vermin. Is this word derived from Attic ? My Keralite friends can throw some light on this etymological co _ relation between Greek and Malayalam. 😘

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. All Greek & Latin to me! Only today I knew the Greek connection.

      Delete
    2. Attic is known as ATAKA in Telugu too.

      Delete
  9. The Tamil word is paran (பரண்). In Kannada it is 'atta' - anyway that's how we used to call it. Lofts were in my paternal grandfather's house in Madras and my maternal grandfather's house in CBE.

    ReplyDelete
  10. From guardian 1041
    13 Down Protected Theresa deal, but not as planned (9)

    ReplyDelete
  11. Sheltered with as to be read A's (2) (THERESA DEAL-AA)!
    Def.- protected

    ReplyDelete
  12. Worked back after fixing 'sheltered' and got 2 A's.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Very cryptic hint for deleting As'.
      This QUIPTIC grid usually comes in the Guardian on every Monday.
      Surprisingly, we find the above grid today and the date mentioned inside is some 1933 date!
      However, it stands deleted now, with the following note:
      This puzzle was launched early in error and under an incorrect series. It will be republished on the correct date.

      Delete
    2. Its easy. The date of publishing is queued based on the number. The cryptic is at 27500+. Someone mistakenly number it 1041. So the computer took it to mean the date of publishing by so many days and immediately published.

      Delete
  13. I thought 15A could be BARTER as well

    ReplyDelete

deepakgita@gmail.com